Major is an unusual English-language given name, which often causes confusion with the military rank of the same name.
People with the name include:
Sports
Major Applewhite (born 1978), American football quarterback and coach
Major Booth (1886–1916), English cricketer
Major Culbert (born 1987), American football player
Major Davis (1882–1959), English cricketer
Major Everett (born 1960), American football player
Major Garrett (born 1962), American journalist
Major Goodsell (1900–1988), Australian rower
Major Harris (born 1968), American football player
Major Jones (born 1953), American basketball player
Major Ritchie (1870–1955), English tennis player
Major Wingate (born 1983), American basketball player
Major Wright (born 1988), American football player
Politics
Major Andre Andrews (1792–1834), American politician in New York
Major Coxson (1929–1973), American politician in New Jersey
Major M. Hillard (1896–1977), American politician in Virginia
Major Knight (1812–1891), American politician in Maine
Major Logue (1826–1900), Australian politician in Western Australia
Major C. Mead (1858–?), American politician in Wisconsin
Major R. Owens (1936–2013), American politician in New York
Major Thibaut (born 1977), American politician in Louisiana
Entertainment
Major Dodson (born 2003), American actor
Major Harris (1947–2012), American R&B singer
Major Holley (1924–1990), American jazz musician
Major Lance (1939–1994), American R&B singer
Others
Major Downes (1834–1923), British Army general
Major Greenwood (1880–1949), English scientist
Major B. Harding (born 1935), American judge in Florida
Major Rohde Hawkins (1821–1884), English architect
Major Nichols (1914–2005), English cycle-maker
